Genera and Species of New Zealand Coleopleric. 1 23 



Dcscribctl t'roin an old imperfect siiecimni, niaiked A, 

 which was given to me by Mr. Marshall many years ajro. 

 As no other example has been found since then, 1 thought 

 it advisable to describe it. 



Group CryptorhynchidjB. 



Crisius dorsalis, sp. n. 



Varier/ate, pieeous, rostrum and legs reddish. 



nostrum stout, nearly as long as the head and tliorax, its 

 hase with rufcscent squamie, the sculpture linear, l>ut finely 

 puuctate at the extremity. Thorax slightly transverse, its 

 apical third constricted and bearing a pair of small obtuse 

 crests, the basal portion closely and coarsely punctured and 

 nearly covered with red scales, there being only a few ocbra- 

 ceous ones near each side ; there are two median squamose 

 elevations in front and two smaller ones near the base, which 

 therefore apjjoars as if it were longitudinally depressed ; its 

 sides are a little uneven. Scutellum invisible or very minute. 

 Elijtra broader than the thorax at the base, much narrowed 

 posteriorly ; each shoulder has an oblique oblong elevation ; 

 there are seven unequal nodosities along each side, the fifth 

 and sixth are small, the seventh is placed near the apex; on 

 the dorsum there are several nodosities of variable size, the 

 squamosity is chiefly ferruginous, but the flattened basal 

 median area is covered with minute pallid scales; on this 

 pale portion and along the hind slope there are four series of 

 punctures which almost form strise behind ; the external 

 punctuation is interrupted. Legs squamose, tlie tibisc with 

 pale outstanding setiform scales. 



This is smaller than C. obesulus, Sharp, and may be dis- 

 tinguished therefrom by the coarse thoracic punctuation, 

 obsolete scutellum, less dentiform femora, coarsely uneven 

 elytral margins, contracted posterior portion, and by the 

 pale flattened space. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 2, breadth 1^ lines. 



Forty ;Mi1c Bush. 



Described from a specimen which was found by ^Ir. 11. 

 Sutcr. 



Group Cossonidge. 



Vcidarlhnnn crassclhiui , sp. n. 



^uhcijlindrical, moderately shining, rufo-piceous. be;iring 

 many miniile grey hairs, which on the posterior declivity 



